Match-box.



No. 694,47l. Patented Mar. 4,. I902.

K. HALFACRE.

MATCH BOX.

(Application fllgd Sept. 11, 1900.

(No Model.)

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KATE HAIlFAORE, or TEWKESBURY, ENGLAND.

MATCH-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 694,471, dated March 4, 1902. Application filed September 11, 1900. Serial No. 29,737. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, KATE HALFACRE, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Forthampton House, Tewkesbury, in the county of Gloucester, England, have invented Improvements in Match-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object an improved construction of match-box in which the box itself and the lid, in combination with a shielding-plate, is arranged to form a wind-shield, by which the match is entirely shielded from the wind while being ignited and the lighted match can be applied to the cigar, cigarette, or pipe while under the protection of the shield.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a match-box constructed according to my invention, showing the parts in their open positions. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the match-box closed onthe line mm, Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A designates the match-box, provided with a plate a, forming a compartment at one end thereof, thereby protecting the matches when placed therein from falling out through any change of position of the box when open. At the sameend of the box to which is attached the plate a I hinge to the upper edge of the side wall thereof a protector or shield O,

which is adapted to be turned up or elevated composed of fine sand or other suitable substance, is connected on the inner surface of the lid, as shown in Fig. 1.

I attach importance to the construction of the box having a compartment at one end thereof whereby when the lid and shield are elevated or raised in the position shown in Fig. 1 the matches, with the heads inclosed therein, are prevented from igniting when a match is struck on the surface I) of the lid. Further, by placing the igniting-surface on the inner side of the lid a match when lighted is prevented from being blown'out by the wind by means of its being held within the inclosure formed by the lid and shield,whereas if the striking-surface for the matches were located on the outer surface of the box or lid the match would be liable to be extinguished by the wind before it could be inclosed within the lid and shield. It will be readily seen that by my construction of match-box that the match can be lighted within the inclosure of thelid and shield and held therein after being lighted, so as to apply the same to a cigar, cigarette, or pipe, the plate a serving during the lighting process to prevent the heads of the matches taking fire.

I claim A match-box having at one end a compartment for the heads of the matches, a shield hinged to the same end, a lid hinged to the rear wall of the box, having a flap or extension bent at right angles thereto, a strikingsurface on theinner portion of the lid, whereby when said lid and shield are elevated upward they form an inclosure to light a match therein on the striking-surface of said lid, substantially as specified.

Signed at Forthampton this 28th day of March, 1900.

KATE HALFAORE. WVitnesses:

EDGAR HENRY FLOOD, PERCY TALBOT CooKLEY. 

